Yesterday the Internet Innovation Alliance posted the video stream from its event entitled, “Title II Regulation and its Potential Impact on Deployment of 21st Century Broadband Networks and Services,” featuring FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai. The video is available HERE.

It’s going to be a busy week: In addition to the Wednesday webinar, I’ll be speaking this Thursday, July 24 from 10 to 11:30 pm ET at an Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) Telecommunications Forum entitled, “Title II Regulation and its Potential Impact on Deployment of 21st Century Broadband Networks and Services.” The event features FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai, who will be delivering a keynote presentation, and will be held in Washington, DC at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel.

The Center for Boundless Innovation in Technology (CBIT) submitted initial comments in the FCC’s net neutrality proceeding on Friday. CBIT’s comments addressed two issues: (1) the FCC lacks legal authority to reclassify broadband services, and, (2) if the FCC did reclassify, forbearance from tariffing broadband Internet access services would be difficult for the agency to justify based on its current precedent.

The executive summary of the comments is posted below, and the entire comments can be downloaded HERE. Read More

In his written testimony for today’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the video marketplace, Comcast executive vice president David Cohen says the company does not support addressing retransmission consent issues through the STELA process or other legislative action. He notes that broadcasters and pay-TV providers have, “in the vast majority of cases, succeeded in negotiating retransmission consent agreements,” and that “most parties involved in such negotiations will continue to act responsibly and bargain in good faith and in a manner that reflects consumers’ best interests.”

In a letter to sent to Senator Thune on Monday, Americans for Limited Government (ALG) wrote that a “true first step to deregulate the marketplace would be to simply allow STELA to expire,” not “cherry-pick deregulating the retransmission consent process.”